North Korea will provide a complete list of its nuclear programs and disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by Dec. 31, actions that will be overseen by a U.S.-led team, the six nations involved in disarmament talks said Wednesday.

North Korea will provide a complete list of its nuclear programs and disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by Dec. 31, actions that will be overseen by a U.S.-led team, the six nations involved in disarmament talks said Wednesday.

Long one of the world's most isolated countries, North Korea finally might be looking to make friends. Its reclusive dictator, Kim Jong Il, is scheduled to meet Tuesday with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.

Long one of the world's most isolated countries, North Korea finally might be looking to make friends. Its reclusive dictator, Kim Jong Il, is scheduled to meet Tuesday with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. It will be the second meeting ever between the leaders of two nations that are still technically at war more than five decades after the Korean conflict of 1950-53.

The leaders of North and South Korea, capitalizing on progress in shutting down the North's nuclear program, plan to meet later this month for the second-ever summit between the longtime foes, officials said Wednesday.

North Korea joined the U.S. and four regional powers Tuesday at the heavily armed border dividing the Korean Peninsula to hash out details of the aid that Pyongyang will receive for its nuclear disarmament.